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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Initial

/ĭnˌ-ĭsh'-əl/ · In·i·tial · IPA /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
  2. 2.
    Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
02 n. The first letter of a word or a name.
  1. 1.
    The first letter of a word or a name.
03 v. t. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
imp. & p. p. Initialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing
  1. 1.
    To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.[R.]